New York considers ban on declawing cats

A proposal in New York to ban declawing is singling out the once common surgical procedure. The bill to ban the practice has divided the animal community. Some say the surgery is barbaric. Others say it offers a last resort.

A proposal in New York to ban declawing is singling out the once common surgical procedure. The bill to ban the practice has divided the animal community. Some say the surgery is barbaric. Others say it offers a last resort.

Penny Marshall was typically self-effacing whenever her brother, the late filmmaker Garry Marshall, proudly boasted that his sister was the first female director to direct a $100 million box-office hit.

Elon Musk unveiled his underground transportation tunnel on Tuesday, allowing reporters and invited guests to take some of the first rides in the revolutionary albeit bumpy subterranean tube — the tech entrepreneur's answer to what he calls "soul-destroying traffic."

A federal judge who described himself as disgusted by Michael Flynn's behavior upended a straightforward sentencing hearing, postponing punishment for President Donald Trump's first national security adviser and telling him in a stinging rebuke, "Arguably you sold your country out."